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SUBMITTER: Evens R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7391349 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ecology and evolution 20200609 14
Biological rhythms of nearly all animals on earth are synchronized with natural light and are aligned to day-and-night transitions. Here, we test the hypothesis that the lunar cycle affects the nocturnal flight activity of European Nightjars (<i>Caprimulgus europaeus)</i>. We describe daily activity patterns of individuals from three different countries across a wide geographic area, during two discrete periods in the annual cycle. Although the sample size for two of our study sites is small, th ...[more]